Famous Quotes & Sayings

Novalis

Tools arm the man. One can well say that man is capable of bringing forth a world; he lacks only the necessary apparatus, the corresponding armature of his sensory tools. The beginning is there. Thus the principle of a warship lies in the idea of the shipbuilder, who is able to incorporate this thought by making himself into a gigantic machine, as it were, through a mass of men and appropriate tools and materials. Thus the idea of a moment often required monstrous organs, monstrous masses of materials, and man is therefore a potential, if not an actual creator.

Novalis

Man has his being in truth--if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying--but of acting against one's conviction.

Norman Vincent Peale

Nothing of great value in this life comes easily. The things of highest value sometimes come hard. The gold that has the greatest value lies deepest in the earth, as do the diamonds.

Emile Zola

A ruined man fell from her hands like a ripe fruit, to lie rotting on the ground.

Emile M. Cioran

Under each formula lies a corpse.

Emile M. Cioran

If I were to be totally sincere, I would say that I do not know why I live and why I do not stop living. The answer probably lies in the irrational character of life which maintains itself without reason.

Emile M. Cioran

To Live signifies to believe and hope - to lie and to lie to oneself.

Ellen Glasgow

Yes, I learned long ago that the only satisfaction of authorship lies in finding the very few who understand what we mean. As for outside rewards, there is not one that I have ever discovered.

Ellen G. White

The stomach, when we lie down to rest, should have its work done, that it may enjoy rest, as well as other portions of the body. The work of digestion should not be carried on through any period of the sleeping hours.

Eric Alterman

There are more people at Obama's table offering ideas than there were five years ago, but when it came to facing up to the Republicans' threat to force a double-dip recession if they didn't get their millionaires' tax cut, they still amounted to nothing. And therein lies our fundamental problem.

Epicurus

It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.

Epicurus

Men, believing in myths, will always fear something terrible, everlasting punishment as certain or probable . . . Men base all these fears not on mature opinions, but on irrational fancies, that they are more disturbed by fear of the unknown than by facing facts. Peace of mind lies in being delivered from all these fears.

Epictetus

In trying to please other people, we find ourselves misdirected toward what lies outside our sphere of influence. In doing so, we lose our hold on our lifes purpose.

Epictetus

If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?

Epictetus

We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral.

Epictetus

All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.

Epictetus

Freedom is the only worthy goal in life. It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control. Stop aspiring to be anyone other than your own best self: for that does fall within your control.

Emily Carr

The earth is soaked and soggy with rain. Everything is drinking its fill and the surplus gluts the drains. The sky is full of it and lies low over the earth, heavy and dense. Even the sea is wetter than usual!

Emily Bronte

He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine.

Emily Dickinson

Just a turn of the doorknob, and there lies freedom.

Emily Dickinson

How lucious lies the pea within the pod.

Emily Dickinson

Tell all the Truth, but tell it slant/Success in Circuit lies...

Elliott Smith

He made his life a lie so he might never have to know anyone.

Elaine Stritch

Onstage, nothing is as important as truth, nothing. As soon as you lie, they know it.

Elaine Stritch

You cannot tell an audience a lie. They know it before you do; before it's out of your mouth, they know it's a lie.

Edward T. Hall

Behind every piece of paper lies a human situation.

Holly Black

I don't lie," I lied.

Holly Black

Sometimes,” Sam says, “I can’t tell when you’re lying.” “I never lie,” I lie.

Holly Black

He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial.

Holly Black

Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying

Holly Black

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

Holly Black

The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.

Hermann Broch

While love ceaselessly strives toward that which lies at the hiddenmost center, hatred only perceives the topmost surface . . .